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Caryophyllales

Economically, Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family, is important mainly for its many garden ornamentals. Among these are a number of species of Armeria that go by the common name thrift, especially A. maritima, also called sea pink, a plant with small red flowers that is…

Plumbaginaceae consists of perennial herbs and shrubs. The plants are characterized by alternating simple leaves that often bear glands on the surface and by radially symmetric bisexual flowers, the petals of which are fused into a tube and the sepals of which remain attached to…

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